Look, spare us the cheap shots at Bush that have become so much a part of Democrat salesmanship anymore. Bush, last I knew isn't running.

As I’ve said before, only one man is running as a truly presidential candidate. The others all seem to be running for sophomore class clown.
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Back in the day, we had citizen soldiers, and citizen politicians.

Back in the day you could be an expert in 8 different fields and an wolrd renowned artist to boot. Guess what, things change.

You can't be an expert in more than one scientific field anymore because the fields have grown in volume of knowledge by orders of magnitude. You can be familiar with several fields but not an expert.

Similarly the government and law are a wee bit more complicated now.

Thinking that you can half ass your way through it is what got us the bush administration and their continual series of &^%$ ups.

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You can certainly make a case for that, but hopefully you can see where it may very well be a turn off to primary voters who know that Thompson is likely to be just as disinterested when the general election comes around.

And the idea that Thompson is the most conservative of the bunch doesn't enter this discussion? I mean, what would the press have to fear from a real conservative, eh?

I suppose it’s been several generations that the press has not seen the kind of politician that we used to have in this country near its founding, where every waking moment of a candidate’s life was taken up with government. So it is their reaction to such a pol is one of fear.

Back in the day, we had citizen soldiers, and citizen politicians.

The soldiers were called up when needed, offering themselves to the service of the country. They didn’t make a career generally speaking, out of being soldiers.

Politicians of the day were pretty much the same way. They served a few years in their various legislative bodies, and went home. their lives didn’t end when their governmental power did.

And as someone over at Liberty Post pointed out, Washington didn't really wanna be president, either.

But more to the point is the comparison to Hillary Clinton.

Seems clear to me that Fred will do something because it needs doing, not because he wants to make government, the end-all and be-all and everyone’s solution to everyone’s problem. There is a major difference between Mrs. Inevitable and an attitude of “Here I am elect me if you want me, and if you think I’d do well.”

That as I see it is the difference between Fred Thompson and Hillary Clinton. Of those two positions, I find Fred Thompson’s infinitely more attractive.

We're supposed to think that Thompson has never heard of a sound bite? That's he's trop haute to choose his words carefully?

Those are not qualities that I want in a president.

Short answer: "It's not my aim to run for president, it's my aim to be president."

Hey, mine too. So I guess I too can simply expect your vote without putting forth any effort.